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For those seeking to understand Christian ethics on violence

Clarifies the complexities of suffering and violence

You will gain deeper insights into faith and morality

This thought-provoking book examines the tension between martyrdom and justified violence in Christianity.

What is the place-if any-for violence in the Christian life? At the core of Christian faith is an experience of suffering violence as the price for faithfulness, of being victimized by the world's violence, from Jesus himself to martyrs who have died while following him. At the same time, Christian history had also held the opinion that there are situations when the follower of Jesus may be justified in inflicting violence on others, especially in the context of war. Do these two facets of Christian ethics and experience present a contradiction?

Christian Martyrdom and Christian Violence: On Suffering and Wielding the Sword explores the tension between Christianity's historic reverence for martyrdom (suffering violence for faith) and Christianity's historical support of a just war ethic (involving the inflicting of violence). While the book considers the possibility that the two are unreconcilable, it also argues that they are ultimately compatible; but their compatibility requires a more humanized portrait of the Christian martyr as well as a stricter approach to the justified use of violence.

Christian Martyrdom and Christian Violence: On Suffering and Wielding the Sword and Introduction To Christian Theology
Introduction To Christian TheologyChristian Martyrdom and Christian Violence: On Suffering and Wielding the Sword

  • Title

    Christian Martyrdom and Christian Violence: On Suffering and Wielding the Sword

  • Author

    Matthew D. Lundberg (professor Of Religion And Director Of The De Vries Institute For Global Faculty Development, Professor Of Religion And Director Of The De Vries Institute For Global Faculty Development, Calvin University)

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    June 2021

  • Weight

    741g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.5 x 3.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780197566596

  • ISBN-10

    0197566596

  • Eden Code

    5534007

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